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eBay Inc. (/ ˈiːbeɪ / EE-bay, often stylized as ebay and/or Ebay) is an American multinational e-commerce company based in San Jose, California, that allows users to buy or view items via retail sales through online marketplaces and websites in 190 markets worldwide. Sales occur either via online auctions or "buy it now" instant sales, and ...
Pierre Morad Omidyar (born Parviz Morad Omidyar, June 21, 1967) is a French-born Iranian-American billionaire. A technology entrepreneur, software engineer, and philanthropist, [6] he is the founder of eBay, where he served as chairman from 1998 to 2015. [7][6] Omidyar and his wife Pamela founded Omidyar Network in 2004.
As of September 2014, eBay has acquired over 40 companies, the most expensive of which was the purchase of Skype, a Voice over Internet Protocol company, for US$ 2.6 billion in cash plus up to an additional US$1.5 billion if certain performance goals were met. [2] The majority of companies acquired by eBay are based in the United States.
eBay, PayPal, Kijiji and StubHub, 500 King Street West, Toronto, April 2014. PayPal Holdings, Inc. is an American multinational financial technology company operating an online payments system in the majority of countries that support online money transfers; it serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods such as checks and money orders.
Peter Andreas Thiel (/ tiːl /; born 11 October 1967) is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist. [1][2][3] A co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, he was the first outside investor in Facebook. [4][5] As of July 2024, Thiel had an estimated net worth of $11.2 billion and was ranked 212th ...
Jeffrey Skoll. Jeffrey Stuart Skoll OC (born January 16, 1965) [1] is a Canadian engineer, billionaire internet entrepreneur and film producer. He was the first president of eBay, eventually using the wealth this gave him to become a philanthropist, particularly through the Skoll Foundation, and his media company Participant Media.
Michael Gary Rubin (/ ˈruːbɪn /, ROO-bin; born July 21, 1972) is an American businessman. He is the founder and CEO of Fanatics, [3][4] a global digital sports platform that consists of several businesses, including licensed sports merchandise, trading cards and collectibles, sports betting and iGaming, special events, and live commerce. [5 ...
StubHub was founded in March 2000 as a class project [7] by Eric Baker and Jeff Fluhr, both former Stanford Business School students and investment bankers. [8] One of its first major sports deals was with the Seattle Mariners in 2001. [9] In 2002, eBay was in talks to acquire StubHub for US$20 million, although the agreement had later "fallen ...